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Manchester United vs Newcastle Preview, Prediction, Team News and Confirmed Lineups 3e316g

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Olly Taliku has worked with highly respected sports and gambling websites where he has produced hundreds of articles, as well as being published with Burton Albion and Chesterfield FC. At Burton Olly worked closely alongside the women's team, producing mainly matchday content including reports and interviews, while at Chesterfield he worked in a similar role but with the academy side, as well as some first team content. He also has experience as an accredited Premier League and EFL writer for Prost International where he worked during the 2021/22 season to produce matchday content as an on location reporter. Olly specialises in football as well as long form SEO content plus news, tips and betting but also produces content on basketball, baseball and American football.

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Published30 Dec 2024

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Manchester United welcome Newcastle to Old Trafford for their final game of 2024 and you can find our preview, prediction, team news and confirmed lineups below.

Manchester United vs Newcastle Preview 4g4q2c

Life for Manchester United has been tough since Ruben Amorim took over from Erik ten Hag in November, with just two wins in the Premier League over the last two months.

Since shocking Manchester City in the derby, United have lost back to back league games against Bournemouth and Wolves which has left the Red Devils 14th in the league.

United have rather limped through the Christmas period and they will be desperate for a much needed three points against Newcastle heading into the new year.

The Magpies on the other hand have been flying lately especially in attack, having scored 11 goals in their last three Premier League games.

Alexander Isak’s form has played a huge part in Newcastle’s success lately and the striker has seven goals in his last five appearances including a hattrick against Ipswich before Christmas.

With a win against United the Magpies would leapfrog Manchester City and Bournemouth in the table up to fifth behind Chelsea.

Manchester United vs Newcastle Team News 6441t

Bruno Fernandes picked up a suspension after being shown two yellow cards against Wolves on Boxing Day and so the United captain will be unavailable on Monday.

Marcus Rashford continues to dominate headlines in Manchester after his ission over desiring a fresh challenge but the forward has returned to the bench for Red Devils.

Although Sven Botman is closing in on his return for Newcastle, the defender isn’t quite ready to feature.

Tino Livramento was unavailable for Newcastle during their Boxing Day contest against Aston Villa and is not quite ready to start after returning from illness.

Manchester United vs Newcastle Confirmed Lineups 3e3w44

Manchester United: Onana; De Ligt, Maguire, Martinez; Mazraoui, Casemiro, Eriksen, Dalot; Amad, Zirkzee; Hojlund

Newcastle: Dubravka; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; J Murphy, Isak, Gordon

Manchester United vs Newcastle Prediction e3i3l

Manchester United have struggled under Amorim and they come up against a Newcastle team that has been thriving in the last few weeks.

This game should have goals in it and it is hard to see either side keeping a clean sheet. Having scored 11 in their last three league games, Newcastle can edge United on the road as Ruben Amorim continues to struggle.

Prediction: Manchester United 1-2 Newcastle 

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Oliver Taliku
Sports Editor

Olly Taliku has worked with highly respected sports and gambling websites where he has produced hundreds of articles, as well as being published with Burton Albion and Chesterfield FC. At Burton Olly worked closely alongside the women's team, producing mainly matchday content including reports and interviews, while at Chesterfield he worked in a similar role but with the academy side, as well as some first team content. He also has experience as an accredited Premier League and EFL writer for Prost International where he worked during the 2021/22 season to produce matchday content as an on location reporter. Olly specialises in football as well as long form SEO content plus news, tips and betting but also produces content on basketball, baseball and American football.

Get to know Oliver Taliku better
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Oliver Taliku Sports Editor

Olly Taliku has worked with highly respected sports and gambling websites where he has produced hundreds of articles, as well as being published with Burton Albion and Chesterfield FC. At Burton Olly worked closely alongside the women's team, producing mainly matchday content including reports and interviews, while at Chesterfield he worked in a similar role but with the academy side, as well as some first team content. He also has experience as an accredited Premier League and EFL writer for Prost International where he worked during the 2021/22 season to produce matchday content as an on location reporter. Olly specialises in football as well as long form SEO content plus news, tips and betting but also produces content on basketball, baseball and American football.

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